The new third season of the legendary Hajime No Ippo anime series is coming to Crunchyroll for fall 2013 in the form of Hajime No Ippo: The Fighting! &ndash;Rising Hajime No Ippo: The Fighting! &ndash;Rising is set to broadcast every Saturday star...

Yasuo Saitou, the 37-year-old comedian and voice actor known by his stage name Yakkun Sakurazuka, and 55-year-old Tokorozawa City resident Kōtarō Sunamori died in a traffic accident on Saturday. At about 4:50 p.

Crunchyroll Adds 'Log Horizon' For Fall 2013 Anime Lineup Posted by Chris Beveridge October 5, 2013 at 09:59 AM Log Horizon Crunchyroll has added another simulcast series that has already gone live and the first episode available as they've picked...

Blue Exorcist Part 2 As more of the brothers past is explored, the more they realize their importance in the world – and to each other. What They Say: During a 3-day drill to prepare Rin and fellow Ex-Wires for actual combat, Amaimon suddenly appe...

5pb. has a little bit of bad news for Corpse Party fans in Japan. Originally scheduled for release this year, Corpse Party: Blood Drive has been pushed back to 2014. As previously reported, Blood Drive picks up from chapter 8 of Corpse Party: ...

After the Tokyo Game Show revealed that Dengeki and Sega will be celebrating the publisher's 20th anniversary with crossover 2D fighting Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax, with Asuna fromSword Art Online and Shana from Shakugan no Shana were shown fig...

If you need more than Namco Bandai's word on Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 Full Burst's spruced up visuals, a trailer is here to compare the updated version to the original. See how the two look side by side below.

King's father returns briefly just to give his son some more stones and talks about trusting Torin. Speaking of Torin, it seems that his connection with the Deboth Legion goes beyond his rivalry with Chaos.

Infinite Stratos has premiered its "rebooted" second season, providing the same generic harem plot and immaculate fusion of fanservice clichés fans have come to know and in some cases love. Loading more comments.

Now this is an interesting image. Worry not if you do not speak Japanese. It basically talks about the differences in the two stereotypical designs of the different times. And I gotta say, having them right next to each other is pretty mind-blowing.

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Kamen Rider Gaim Advertisements Have Appeared All Over Tokyo This Week Kamen Rider Gaim is now only a few days away from airing and the walls of Tokyo's subways have been slowly being covered in pictures of the show's heroes.

The first teaser trailer for the upcoming 2014 Godzilla remake has finally surfaced online! The video is said came from Akira Watanabe, a special effects artists who worked for Toho films. Cleverly disguised under the name "Fatman trailer", the tr...

Nintendo started in the 19th century as a hanafuda maker. To this day, Nintendo still makes hanafuda cards in Japan. But is it making these Pokémon hanafuda cards? As pointed out by Gigazine, a mysterious Pokémon hanafuda site just went up in Japan.

Last month, Nintendo revealed a new cloud service for their Pokémon RPGs, dubbed Pokémon Bank. As previously detailed, this will be a downloadable app for the Nintendo 3DS that will allow you to upload Pokémon from the Pokémon X and Pokémon Y game...

Manga adaptation by GoHands Simulcast on Viz Anime, Hulu Premise: Years after a nuclear meltdown leaves 90% of Tokyo destroyed, the government sends three genetically modified girls known as Coppelions.

The suspect has been performing 'needle play' for 8 yearsKYOTO (TR) – Kyoto Prefectural Police on Friday arrested an SM queen at an out-call sex service for withdrawing blood from the genitals of male customers, reports the Sankei Shimbun (Oct.

AKB48 wears their heart on their electric sleeves as we get a sneak peak into their latest single Heart Electric [ハート・エレキ]. The groups 33rd single, due on shelves October 30th, will have a distinct 1960's feel and will be the first to feature Haru...

Years after the announcement that Imagi Studios' CGI Gatchaman animated movie is scrapped because the company closed, videos featuring the movie's development has surfaced online. First is a pre-vis of the movie's chase sequence.

While things aren't looking good for the future of the Yakuza (Ryu ga Gotoku) franchise in the west, it continues to motor along in Japan, most recently with the upcoming Yakuza Ishin (Yakuza Restoration).

The wind of the new fall season is gradually blowing leaves of new series – one of them, Golden Time, has aired it first episode as a seinen romantic comedy set in a college instead of the usual highschool.

Kamen Rider has brought joy to kids and adults since he first made his first "henshin" way back in 1971. Now, a new Kamen Rider is bringing joy to kids living in the slums of Thailand. Complete with mask, gloves, scarf and of course, his trusty mo...

at start. After Disgaea D2 came out in Japan you announced Disgaea 4 for Vita. Are you thinking about synchronizing releases in the future like if Disgaea 5 came out it would be released for Vita and PlayStation 3 or 4.

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YOSHIKI's classical album "YOSHIKI CLASSICAL," went on sale in Japan from September 25, but was available for digital purchase worldwide starting on September 24. The album has become number one on classical charts in nine different countries, mai...

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